Shoe and method of making



Feb. 2 1926.

J. D. PRICE SHOE AND METHOD OF MAKING Filed Feb. 25, 1922 Patented Feb. 2, 1926.

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sHoE AND ETHOD or MAKING.

Application filed :February 25, 19 22. SerialNo. 539,130.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJo N .D. P non, a citizen of the United States, residing atCleveland, in the county otCuyahoga and State of .Qhio, have invented certain ncwand use- ,ful Improvements in Shoes and Methods of Making, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

lhis invention relates toiboots, shoes and like footwear and has lor an object to provide an improved method of making or manufacturing such hoot or shoe- ,and an improved boot or shoe resulting from the practice of such method. A further object of the invention is to provide in a hoot or shoe an insole of such nature that parts of the same may be clinched over retaining parts whereby the upper and welt may be retained in union with the edge of the insole without stitching, nailing, cementing or the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a shoe structure an insole having about its edge a crease or groove into which the edge of the upper and the edge of the welt are inserted and bound by a wire, shackle or keeper and a part of the insole bent or clinched down over the united parts to retain them in such united position. 7

A further object of the invention is to provide in a boot or shoe an insole of such material and construction that nails or similar penetrating implements may have their heads embedded inthe material of the insole with the points or penetratingends extending therefrom over and uponwhich the outer sole, the heel and parts of thercounter and quarters are impaled by forcing the parts on to the said nails or penetrating members.

A further object of the invention is to provide an insole of such material that it may be molded into the form to conform to the shapeof the bottom of the foot as to coiweXit-y, concavity and arch supporting and to retain such shape or form to be unaffected by climatic conditions.

A further object of the invention is to provide an insole preferably of metal, such for instance as aluminum, which will be molded or cast or otherwise bent with the necessary contours, depressions, concavities, convexities to conform to and support the entire bottom of the foot and by reason of not being aifected by moisture or the like to retain such form or shape throughout ,the entire life of the .boot or shoe whereby normal vertical plane longitudinally through themajor axis ofa shoe embodying the present lnvention.

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of the insole with'the counter applied thereto but with the outer sole and heel omitted.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view through the shoe substantially upon line 3-3 of Figures 1 and Q'hutbefore theconnection of the upper and insolehas been completed.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view through the heel taken on line H of Figures I and 2 with the counterand quarters in position upon the nails embedded in the insole but with the heel and ,outer .sole omitted.

Figure 5 is anenlarged detail view of an edge of the insole showing the initial relation of the insole, the upper, the welt and the shackle.

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail view of the edge of a completed sole showing the upper, the welt and shackle clinched into the material of the insole and the .outer sole applied to the welt by the usual and ordinary stitching.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The present invention contemplates the use of an insole 10 of some material, such as metal or the like, which will. provide the required facilities to be hereinafter explained. iVhile at present it is contemplated to employ metal for this purpose and com paratively rigid and unyielding, it is to be understood that the present invention is in no way limited to an insole of this material and any material which shall comply with the requirements of such insole is within the scope of the present invention. The rigidity of the insole contemplated provides for the required or desired arch 11 with a concavity 12 at the heel and a convexity 13 at the ball of the foot, or as required. Being composed of metal or relatively unyieldin;- material, these initial conformations are retained so that the tool, initially litted by such a. shoe, will be supported at all points throughout the life of such shoe.

In the making of the insole, av lip ll. is formed about adjacent to, but spaced from the edge of the insole as indicated. more particularly at Figures 2, 5 and C, forming a groove '15, as shown at Figures 5 and (3. Into this groove 15 the margin of the lujiper 1G is inserted, also the margin oil the welt 17. Preferably, the margin ot the welt 17 is skived to form a thinner portion at the edge which is engaged by a shackle 18 bearing upon the skived edge of the welt, the margin of the upper and, of course, any interposed sheet as the lining 10. This shackle may be o't' any nuiterial, preferably, though not necessarily, of wire but a cord or other attenuated member would serve the purpose relatively well. \Vhen the parts have been assembled thus in the manner shown at Figure 5, the lip 1+ is bent out- 'ardly and downwardly to the position shown at liigure ti and by reason. of its relative unyielding condition clinches or clamps the margin 01 the upper and the edge of the welt 17 about the shackle 18, holding all of these parts in such secured relation.

The insole is also preferably provided with nails or the like penetrating members 20 by casting or molding the heads of such nails into the material of the sole with the penetrating shanks extending in parallelism from that surface of the insole which would be the bottom of the shoe. The counter 21, properly perforated or unperforated as oocasion may make desirable, is impaled upon the extended ends .30 by inverting; the insole 10 upon a last or the like, the quarters 22 forming in fact a part of the upper being also and at the same time impaled upon these points so that the counter is engaged by the embedded nails, the insole being Weierably provided with an ogee 23 for the receipt of the edge of the upper and counter as indicated more particularly at Figures 1 and l.

\Vith the shoe still inverted, the outer sole 9% is now impaled upon the nails 20, likewise the several laminations of the heel 25.

The outer sole is now stitched about its edge by the stitching 26 to the welt 17 in the usual well known manner.

By this construction, the welt 17 is per inanently fixed to the insole together with the upper making it possible to remove and replace the outer sole 24: and heels 25 as often as wear shall make necessary or desirable. ll hile the heel 25 has been shown built up ot laminations, it is obvious that molded heels oi? resilient material. may be used, or that such heel may be integral with the outer sole 52 i which may also be of such composite material as distinguished from leather, the material ordinarily entering into such parts of foot wear.

hat I claim is:

'l. A shoe comprising a relatively nonyielding insole conformed to the sole of a tool: and of material adapted to retain its confori'nation irrespective of climatic conditions, and continuous unitary means extending about said sole clamping the margin oi the upper about the periphery thereof.

A shoe comprising an insole of relatively non-yielding material initially conformed to support all parts oi. the foot and having av peripheral rabbet, an upper having its marginal edge seated within the rabbet, a shackle bearing upon the marginal edge of the upper, and an integral part of said insole clamped over and binding the margin of the upper and the shackle.

3. A shoe comprising a relatively nonyielding insole initially contoured to conform to and to support the bottom of a foot and to resist climatic conditions, said insole being provided with a peripheral rabbet and clinching tongue, an upper having a. uuirgin within the rabbet, a welt having a margin within the rabbet, a shackle located within the rabbet bearing upon the margins of the welt and upper and retained by the clinching of the tongue, and an outer sole stitched to the margin of the welt.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature.

JOHN D. PRICE. 

